Artificial Intelligence

AI Safety Researcher Resigns With ‘World Is in Peril’ Warning

Mrinank Sharma says he is alarmed by a series of ‘interconnected crises’ that extend beyond AI, and plans to step away from the field.
AI Safety Researcher Resigns With ‘World Is in Peril’ Warning
Artificial Intelligence signage is displayed during the Mobile World Congress, the world's largest mobile technology trade show, in Barcelona on March 3, 2025. Manaure Quintero/AFP
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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An artificial intelligence (AI) safety researcher has resigned with a cryptic warning that the “world is in peril.”

Mrinank Sharma, who joined large language model developer Anthropic in 2023, announced his departure on X in an open letter to colleagues on Feb. 9. He was the leader of a team that researches AI safeguards.

Bill Pan
Bill Pan
Reporter
Bill Pan is an Epoch Times reporter covering education issues and New York news.